ricburton / framermodules

Modules that extend Framer.js

FramerModules

Modules that extend Framer.js

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SVG Layer

A module and corresponding Sketch plugin that make it trivial to work with SVG Paths in Framer.

Install the Sketch Plugin; select any path layer and run it. This automatically copies code to your clipboard.

In Framer Studio, after installing the module and importing it, create SVGLayers like so

layer = new SVGLayer.create

Then paste in what the Sketch plugin copied, which will look something like this:

layer = new SVGLayer.create
  strokeWidth: 4
  width: 502.6700134277344
  height: 204.3515625057028
  path: '<path d="M0,204.351562 C0,204.351562 383.764204,204.390625 502.670013,0"></path>'

Animation

Use layer.animatePath() to animate a path from start to end.

Alternatively, you can pass in properties to specify the direction and animation curve/time

layer.animatePath
  curve: "ease-out"
  time: 0.33
  direction: "backward"

Utils

Use layer.pathLength to get the length of the SVG path

The bad parts

First the bad parts: animating SVGs is still a little less than ideal; it’s essentially a hack. This method, while clever, relies on changing the perspective property of the layer. While this is very rarely used, there might be some cases where modifying that property on an SVG layer breaks the out of box behavior of this module. It also uses layer states to drive the animation.

Tutorial

Head over to Medium to read Working with SVG Paths in Framer.